Otago welcomes world university subject ranking results

The University of Otago welcomed
today’s release of the 2017 QS World University Rankings
by Subject, in which Otago ranked among the top 50
institutions in the world in five subject areas and among
the top 100 in 12.

Otago was judged to be among the
world’s top 10 universities for the study of Sport and
sport-related disciplines, placing 7th internationally. This
was the highest ranking achieved by any New Zealand
university for any subject area in the 2017 rankings.

The University also had four further subjects ranked inside the top 50, comprising Anatomy and Physiology (24th in QS’s inaugural Anatomy and Physiology measure), Dentistry (29th), Archaeology (40th) and Development Studies (44th).

Anthropology, Education, Geography, History, Law, Medicine, Performing Arts, and Psychology were also ranked in the top 100 internationally. Otago also had a further nine subjects ranked in the 101-150 band worldwide, and nine in the 151-200 band

Deputy Vice-Chancellor
(Academic) Professor Vernon Squire says the results are a
pleasing independent acknowledgment of the breadth and depth
of the University’s teaching and research excellence
across a range of disciplines.

“This assessment, which I
understand involves consideration of over 4400 universities
worldwide, is a welcome recognition of what we have achieved
in our educational offerings so far across many areas,”
Professor Squire says.

The QS subject rankings are arrived
at on the basis of a combination of factors including
Academic Reputation (how academics from other universities
rate a university in a particular subject area), Employer
Reputation (how employers rate a university in a particular
subject area), and citations (the extent to which the work
of an academic in a subject area is quoted or referenced in
the work of others).

Also new for 2017 are global rankings
in ‘faculty’ areas (aggregations of subject areas) used
by QS. Within these Otago is:

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